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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: One-stop shop for live performances

Article R7122-24

…security. However, employers who meet the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 133-9 of the Social Security Code may send the authorised body the sections of the single simplified…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2463

…ent of their claims or some of them, they exercise their preferential right over the price and they may enforce it against any transferee as well as against any creditor seizing the price claim.By the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article R40-41

The implementation and updating of the software mentioned in article 230-20 are supervised by a senior prosecuting magistrate, appointed for three years by order of the Minister of Justice, and assist…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article R743-13

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 214-187, R. 214-190 and R. 214-191n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013R. 214-192n° 2019-1078 of 22 October 2019…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for sales by judicial auction.

Article R642-29-1

…nths of the publication of the order of the official receiver. As an exception to subsections 2 and 4 of section 1 and sections 2 and 3 of the chapitre II du titre II du livre III du code des procédur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-4

…trials are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and penalties laid down inarticle 226-13 of the French Penal Code with regard to the nature of the products studied, the protocols and the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article 242

The technician may take oral or written information from any person, provided that their surname, forenames, place of residence and profession are specified, as well as, if applicable, their relations…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 2439

Where registrations taken under a general legal mortgage are excessive, the debtor may request their reduction by complying with the jurisdictional rules set out in Article 2437.Registrations which en…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-4

…ts holder to finance training that is eligible for the account, within the meaning of articles L. 6323-6, L. 6323-21, L. 6323-31 and L. 6323-34. The holder contributes to the funding of eligible train…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trust as security

Article 2372-2

In the event of a trust entered into by way of security, the contract shall mention, on pain of nullity, in addition to the provisions set out in

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